PRIMARY 3

SET 4

Logical Thinking

1. There are students lining up where Gab is the 26th starting from the back and the
person behind him is the 25th from the front. How many students are there in the
line?

2. What is the number to represent “?” in the following table?

1 2 3 6
2 3 4 24
3 4 5 60
4 5 6 ?

3. There are 27 transparent boxes as shown in Figure 1. Each layer contains 9 boxes as
illustrated in Figure 2. Black marbles are put in some boxes and it's top, front, and
from the right views are shown in the diagram below, respectively. Find the
maximum number of black marbles in these 27 boxes?

4. If today is Friday, which day of the week is it 144 days ago from tomorrow?
5. According to the pattern shown below, what is the number in the blank?

72 , 70 , 66 , 60 , 52 , 42 , ___

Arithmetic

6. Find the value of 4 × 2 × 8 × 5 × 25 × 15

7. Find the value of 243 ÷ 3 − 243 ÷ 9 − 243 ÷ 27 − 243 ÷ 81 − 243 ÷ 243

8. Find the value of 23 × 5 + 15 × 4 − 20 × 3 − 10 × 4

9. Find the value of 348 + 453 + 144 + 547 + 856 + 652

10. Find the value of 5 + 12 + 19 + 26 + 33 + 40 + 47 + 54

Number Theory

11. What is the greatest 3-digit odd number that can be divisible by both 11 and 7?

12. Determine whether the result of this is an odd or even number: 11 × (11 + 11) +
22 × (22 + 22) + 33 × (33 + 33) + 44
13. The product of positive integers A and B is 153. The difference between them is 8.
Find the value of the sum of A and B.

14. Define the operation symbol 𝑎⨂𝑏 = (𝑎 − 4) × (𝑎 × 𝑏) × (𝑏 − 3) and 𝑎, 𝑏 ≠ 0, find

the value of (4⨂8).

15. Gab has 24 sticks and Arby has 16 sticks. How many sticks does Arby need to give
Gab to make Gab’s sticks 4 times as many as Arby’s sticks?

Geometry

16. Four small squares whose perimeters are 24 each form a larger square. What is the
perimeter of the larger square?
17. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

18. How many squares are there in the figure below?

19. At most how many segment(s) can be formed by using 5 lines on a square?

20. At least how many square(s) can be seen if observing the figure below from the
bottom?

Combinatorics

21. A bakery has 4 flavors of cakes and 9 types of toppings. In how many ways can Gab
buy a cake with 3 toppings? (combinations of toppings cannot be repeated)

22. Counting from 1 to 1000, how many numbers are there that have exactly one digit
“4” and one digit “6”?
23. Numbers are drawn from the integers 1 to 20. At least how many number(s) is / are
drawn at random to ensure that there are two numbers whose sum is 12?

24. If Gab takes 15 apples each from Arby and Surin, the three of them will have an
equal number of apples. How many apples did Arby have more than Surin
originally?

25. How many 4-digit numbers less than 2422 can be formed by using 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4?
(Each number can only be used once)
 PRIMARY 3

SET 4

Logical Thinking

1. There are students lining up where Gab is the 26th starting from the back and the
person behind him is the 25th from the front. How many students are there in the
line?

Answer: 49
Solution: 26 + 25 − 2 = 49

2. What is the number to represent “?” in the following table?

1 2 3 6
2 3 4 24
3 4 5 60
4 5 6 ?

Answer: 120
Solution: 1 × 2 × 3 = 6; 4 × 5 × 6 = 120

3. There are 27 transparent boxes as shown in Figure 1. Each layer contains 9 boxes as
illustrated in Figure 2. Black marbles are put in some boxes and it's top, front, and
from the right views are shown in the diagram below, respectively. Find the
maximum number of black marbles in these 27 boxes?
 Answer: 8
Solution: From the front layer to the backmost layer, 1 + 5 + 2 = 8

4. If today is Friday, which day of the week is it 144 days ago from tomorrow?

Answer: Tuesday
Solution: (144 − 1) ÷ 7 = 20 𝑟. 3, 𝑇𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦

5. According to the pattern shown below, what is the number in the blank?

72 , 70 , 66 , 60 , 52 , 42 , ___

Answer: 30
Solution: 2,4,6,8,10,12; 42 − 12 = 30

Arithmetic

6. Find the value of 4 × 2 × 8 × 5 × 25 × 15

Answer: 120000
Solution: 2 × 5 × 4 × 25 × 8 × 15 = 10 × 100 × 120 = 120000

7. Find the value of 243 ÷ 3 − 243 ÷ 9 − 243 ÷ 27 − 243 ÷ 81 − 243 ÷ 243

Answer: 41
Solution: 243 ÷ 3 − 243 ÷ 9 − 243 ÷ 27 − 243 ÷ 81 − 243 ÷ 243 = 81 − 27 − 9 −
3 − 1 = 41

8. Find the value of 23 × 5 + 15 × 4 − 20 × 3 − 10 × 4

Answer: 75
Solution: 23 × 5 + 15 × 4 − 20 × 3 − 10 × 4
= 23 × 5 + 12 × 5 − 12 × 5 − 8 × 5 = 15 × 5 = 75

9. Find the value of 348 + 453 + 144 + 547 + 856 + 652

Answer: 3000
Solution: 348 + 453 + 144 + 547 + 856 + 652 = 348 + 652 + 547 + 453 + 144 +
856 = 1000 + 1000 + 1000 = 3000

10. Find the value of 5 + 12 + 19 + 26 + 33 + 40 + 47 + 54

 Answer: 236
8
Solution: (5 + 54) (2) = 236

Number Theory

11. What is the greatest 3-digit odd number that can be divisible by both 11 and 7?

Answer: 847
999
Solution: 𝐿𝐶𝑀 (11,7) = 77; 77 = 12 𝑟. 75; 999 − 75 = 924 − 77 = 847

12. Determine whether the result of this is an odd or even number: of 11 × (11 + 11) +
22 × (22 + 22) + 33 × (33 + 33) + 44

Answer: even
Solution: 𝑂 × (𝑂 + 𝑂) + 𝐸 × (𝐸 + 𝐸) + 𝑂 × (𝑂 + 𝑂) + 𝐸 = 𝐸
13. The product of positive integers A and B is 153. The difference between them is 8.
Find the value of the sum of A and B.

Answer: 26
Solution: 153 = 17 × 9; 17 + 9 = 26

14. Define the operation symbol 𝑎⨂𝑏 = (𝑎 − 4) × (𝑎 × 𝑏) × (𝑏 − 3) and 𝑎, 𝑏 ≠ 0, find

the value of (4⨂8).

Answer: 0
Solution: (4 − 4) × (4 × 8) × (8 − 3) = 0

15. Gab has 24 sticks and Arby has 16 sticks. How many sticks does Arby need to give
Gab to make Gab’s sticks 4 times as many as Arby’s sticks?

Answer: 8
24+16
Solution: 4+1 = 8; 16 − 8 = 8

Geometry

16. Four small squares whose perimeters are 24 each form a larger square. What is the
perimeter of the larger square?

Answer: 48
Solution: 24 ÷ 4 = 6; 6 × 2 × 4 = 48
17. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

Answer: 51
Solution: 2(4 + 3 + 2 + 1)(2 + 1) − (2 + 1)(2 + 1) = 51

18. How many squares are there in the figure below?

Answer: 10
Solution: 8 + 2 = 10

19. At most how many segment(s) can be formed by using 5 lines on a square?

Answer: 75
Solution: You need to maximize the number of intersections to the square and the
other lines resulting to 5(5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1) = 75 line segments.

20. At least how many square(s) can be seen if observing the figure below from the
bottom?

Answer: 10
Solution: It will look the same if you view it from the top, so 10.
 Combinatorics

21. A bakery has 4 flavors of cakes and 9 types of toppings. In how many ways can Gab
buy a cake with 3 toppings? (combinations of toppings cannot be repeated)

Answer: 336
9×8×7
Solution: 4 × 9𝐶3 = 4 × 1×2×3 = 336

22. Counting from 1 to 1000, how many numbers are there that have exactly one digit
“4” and one digit “6”?

Answer: 48
Solution: for the 2-digits, 46 and 64, so 2. For the 3-digits, 7 × 2 + 2 × 2 × 8 =
46; 46 + 2 = 48

23. Numbers are drawn from the integers 1 to 20. At least how many number(s) is / are
drawn at random to ensure that there are two numbers whose sum is 12?

Answer: 16
Solution: Worst case scenario is you pick up 1 to 6 then 12 to 20 which won’t give
you a sun of 12. Then picking out one more, so 6 + 9 + 1 = 16.

24. If Gab takes 15 apples each from Arby and Surin, the three of them will have an
equal number of apples. How many apples did Arby have more than Surin
originally?

Answer: 0
Solution: 15 − 15 = 0

25. How many 4-digit numbers less than 2422 can be formed by using 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4?
(Each number can only be used once)

Answer: 46
Solution: 2 × 2 + 3 × 3 × 2 + 4 × 3 × 2 = 46